Grass-valley K2 Edge Engineering Manual v4.1 Manuel d'utilisateur

K2 Edge Engineering Manual Document version: 4.1 - 2013/6/28

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 10 Example timing (and dynamic reference) for Template Clip. Example timing for Template

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 11 Example Event (when double-clicked) in POC. The example above shows an Event with ID 181

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 12 3 K2 Edge Indicators and status information 3.1 Backpanel K2 Edge back panel. Co

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 13 3.2 Power supply indicator green ON red Failure LED off Standby 3.3 IP Manager connec

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 14 4 Remote control and system configuration via the IP Manager (K2 Edge) The IP Manager en

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 15 4.3 The IP Manager menu Example IP Manager menu via the web browser. The system’s hostn

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 16 4.4 System configuration > Network configuration  Hostname: the K2 Edge hostname 

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 17  Genlock: select Blackburst or Trilevel sync  Audio channels: specify audio groups

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 18 4.6 GPIO Example. Internal GPIO: DB9M External GPIO: 410E  GPIO action: specify an

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 19  Click New rule to add a new rule.  Click Set to confirm. 4.7 System configuration

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 2 Table of Contents 1 Grass Valley Product Support ...

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 20 4.10 System monitoring > Fans Displays fan speed in rounds per minute. 4.11 System

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 21 4.12 System administration  Server start/stop  Reboot  shutdown  Forced power of

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 22 5 Linux K2 Edge uses the Linux operating system. In this section we will cover a number

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 23 6 The Cobalt processes assetinboximporter  Checks the Inbox for files.  Creates As

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 24 7 Workflow Playout The active Playlist list Events. Each Event defines an Asset ID, Ev

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 25 1) When a Playlist is activated, playout_distri will check if files are still in cache

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 26 8 Playout directories The table below lists the K2 Edge directories used by Cobalt and

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 27 9 The nexusproc script The Cobalt services are automatically started when the system is

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 28 10 dataserver The dataserver process provides all interaction with the TX/MAM (asset in

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 29 The watchdog process pt_guard interval and connection timeout can be changed in the nexus

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 3 1 Grass Valley Product Support Contact information: http://www.grassvalley.com/support/co

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 30 11 sequencer The sequencers send commands to nexos and start applets. The sequencers will

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 31 Example sequencer log file.

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 32 12 ingest_distri Delete Assets (file and info) nexusproc script Use the nexusproc script

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 33 13 playout_distri The playout_distri process fetches media files and Channel Packs from s

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 34 14 schedulesync The schedulesync process takes care of syncing the schedule from the main

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 35 15 Workflow Assets and Ingest Creating Assets via TX/MAM In this workflow: 1) Assets

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 36 Creating Assets via Schedule Import, Ingest via the Inbox a) Schedules are imported

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 37 Ingest via the Inbox, creating Assets via TX/MAM or Schedule Import This is a combinati

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 38 16 Manually configuring the TX/MAM main and backup server On the active (main) TX/MAM se

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 39 17 Failover, manual backup and restore of the TX/MAM servers An automatic backup is creat

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 4 2 K2 Edge Playout Automation Introduction The K2 Edge system is purpose-built for multich

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 40 Going back from the backup to the main TX/MAM server The backup server is active. The mai

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 41 18 Log files overview  Linux: /var/log/messages  Applets: /var/log/applets o Timed a

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 42 19 Connecting with PuTTY PuTTY is a software program that uses the secure shell protocol

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 43 20 Appendix: K2 Edge network ports FTP Default port 20 and 21 SSH/SCP Default port 22 Co

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 44 22 Appendix: Workflows Channels The diagrams in this appendix include the sequencer. Th

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 45 22.1.2 Simulcast

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 46 22.1.3 Join In Progress

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 5 The K2 Edge workflow 2.2 Assets Asset info is created in TX/MAM, or imported. Asset in

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 6 2.3 Channel Design A Channel Composer Project contains all the elements that together com

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 7 Databases and storage Asset info TX/MAM databases Asset info and Metadata: Assets conta

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 8 2.5 Channel Composer Basic Concepts Channel Composer is used to create 2D and 3D scenes.

K2 Edge Engineering Manual- document version: 4.1 - Page 9 Assets, Metadata and Scene Parameters An Object can refer to fixed content or to dynamic